I traveled upstream last week for a first-of-its-kind Great Lakes Wolf Summit held in northern Wisconsin. Organized by two Republican lawmakers from northern Wisconsin, it called together agriculturists, game managers, sportsmen and wolf advocates.

Videotaped opening remarks came from two Washington, D.C., Congressmen from both sides of the aisle. Congress will likely debate the proposed law after the November election, according to a legislative staffer who attended the meeting on behalf of Sen. Ron Johnson, who introduced a bill to address the issue of delisting wolves in the Great Lakes states.

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